New research claims women receive worse medical treatment than men for common heart attacks.
A study by Sydney researchers has found that women diagnosed with a common type of heart attack or the condition unstable an-JIGH-nah (angina) received “less evidence-based treatment” than men, both immediately and in the long term.
The lead researcher David Brieger, a physician and professor of cardiology at the University of Sydney, says “Despite the way we think we’re practising, we are still innately conservative and under-treating women for whatever reason.